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MONTANA TECH’S DESIGN SHOWCASE
EXPO
Listen. Inquire. Learn.APRIL 27, 2017
6th Annual
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Montana Tech’s Techxpo is a premier event showcasing research and design expertise by our students and faculty members. The School of Mines and Engineering, College of Letters, Sciences & Professional Studies, and Highlands College students and faculty will demonstrate applied knowledge to some of the world’s most challenging problems. Thank you for attending. We hope you listen, inquire, and learn from the nation’s finest students and faculty.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS1:00 p.m. Student Check-in1:30 p.m. Opening Remarks
1:45 p.m. Judging Begins1:45–6:00 p.m. Open Viewing of Booths & Posters
4:30–6:00 p.m. Awards Ceremony/Reception
POSTERS & BOOTHSCIVIL ENGINEERING101 Design-Build DBIA and ASC Competition
Sam Larson, Alexx Williams, Chance Sparrow, Emily Coobs, Tyler Airth, Brandon Karnath
102 ASC Commercial Bid Team
Spencer VanWichen, Kaden Bedwell, Perry Raymond, Halley Jalbert, Tyler Lott, Neil McCarthy
103 Concrete Solutions Tyler Stremcha, Pete Lind, Josie Stinson, Ty Tousignant, Zeb Bloom, Kabri Emerson
104 Sustainable Building and LEED Dalton Brookie, Cy Williams, James Cutler, Zach Frey, Dustin Farren, Matt Mullaney
105 Mouth of the Columbia River - Jetty A Rehabilitation Carlos Martinez, Jacob Nistler, Kenneth Hunter, Shandy Holm, Kendra Jackson, Katherine Schuler
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES106 A Screening of Deer Mouse Blood Samples for
Colorado Tick Fever VirusKelsey Schmidt, Zachary Hart, Riley Hellinger, Quinn Cunneen
107 Basic Water Quality Analysis of Blacktail Creek using Macroinvertebrates
Ryan Koch
108 The Relationship between Site Contamination and Native Plant Success in Butte, MT: Implications for Future Restoration
Jared Trilling
109 Molecular Analysis of Adapted Soil Microbiota to Identify the Role of Mycorrhiza in a Mining Impacted Landscape
Anna Nugent
110 Using CRISPR Technology to Knock out Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (STAT) Genes
Luke Domanico, Lydia Dupuis
111 Phagocytosis of Cytokine-expressing Leishmania Tarentolae Activate Human Monocytic CellsWinter Kemppainen, Teal Taylor
112 Targeted Genomic Analysis of Soil Microbes along Treads and Risers of Periglacial Ground in Glacier National Park, Montana
Macy Ricketts
113 Restoration Management Database Joao Nascimento
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 114 Filament Winding Mandrel Extractor Riley McNabb, Nicholas VanHelden
115 Polyethylene Terephthalate ExtrusionWeston Dishman, Pace Funsch, Ethan Redfern, Michael Balaguy
116 Generating Antimicrobial Surfaces with Electrospinning
Sowmya Sudhakar
117 Montana Tech SAE Baja (located in lobby)Spencer Ready, Morgan Warrington, Andrew Dracek, Parker Sobry, Triston Firth, Erik Loran, Chris Crawford, Chad Gibson, Craig Brown, Matthew Halladay,Kristofer Kuelper
118 Transportation of Lab Machinery Hussain Alqahtani, Jabr.N Albuainain, Jabr.A Albuainain,
Yasser Almousa
119 Enhanced Nanocomposites Emily Kooistra-Manning, Keaton Corbitt
120 Movement of an Incompressible Fluid in a Three-Dimensional Space Tanner Iszler
121 NASA Robotic Mining Competition RobotNicholas Lace, Raymond LaTray, Dominic Bizak, Kyle Smith, Fahad Alkhaldi
122 Maxwell: The Bridge between Newton and Einstein Christopher Liebel
123 Fabrication of Aligned Fibers on Nonconductive Substrates Zach Burckhard
124 Bicycle Power GeneratorKhaled Albalawi, Fahad Alhajri, Raja Alhajri, Abdulrahman Alhajri
125 Incompressible Flow: Shaping the World Around You Lucas Reif
126 Incompressible Flow: A Better Understanding of Nature Xiaotian Zhu
127 Automatic Wall Rendering MachineAbdulrahman Alshuhail, Seed Aldossry, Mosleh Aldossary, Ali Almarri
128 Melt Electrospinning via Rapid Prototype Machines Anthony Ottolini-Messuri
PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION129 Website - Gamer’s Café
Paul Shea
130 GeoWrite - A Digital Geographic Notebook App Jonathan Dupuis
131 Technical Communication Minimizes Insurance Fraud Karli King
132 College Student Mental Health Education Lyndsay Alt
133 Rhetorical Analysis of the Pathos Appeal in Documentary Films Corey Baker
134 Beyond Road Signs Malea Dunne
135 Rhetorical and Semiotic Analysis of the 1956 Betty Crocker Cookbook
Barbara Cass
136 Stronghold Defensive Firearms Training Alex Perry
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING137 Improving Evaporation Rates in Contaminated Water Bodies with Carbon Foam Structure
Emma Wooldridge, Madison Cyr, Matthew Kilsdonk, Shyla Allred
138 Passive Solar Distillation of ARD Water Marcus Holland, Seth Garrity, Hannah Ruble, Alison Lunde, Katherine Zodrow
139 A Holistic Approach to the Reduction of Fugitive Dust Emissions from a Tailings Storage Facility Abby Indreland, Ian Muller, Kolby Sukut, Ryan Cochran, Jesse Bryant
140 Acid Rock Drainage Treatment using Membrane Distillation: Impacts of Chemical-Free Pretreatment on Scale Formation, Pore Wetting, and Product Water Quality
Eric Hull
STATISTICS141 Regression on Feeder Cattle EPDs Brockton Butcher
MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES142 Essentially Normal Composition Operators on the Hardy Space Jeffrey Preston
143 Dehn’s Word Problem in Group Theory Tyler Taylor
144 Modeling Traffic Flow using Burger’s Equation Jeffrey Preston
145 The Plane Crystallographic Groups Michael Fryer, Haimdah Haimdah, Jeffrey Preston, Tyler Taylor
146 Boundary-value Problems in Electrostatics Chau Duc Minh Ha
147 Finite-Difference Modeling of 2-D Acoustic Wave Equation Chau Duc Minh Ha
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH148 Noise Monitoring of Underground Jackleg Drills Travis Oakason, Ryan Stemple
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE149 An Assessment of ftir Method for Crystalline Silica Analysis Siobhan Wock
150 A Pilot Study Examining the Effect of Head Protection Weight on Muscle Loading in the Cervical Spine Sophie Hegg
MINING ENGINEERING151 Characterization of Granite & Subsequent Ground Control Management Plan at Orphan Boy Mine - Butte, Montana Emily Rose
152 Mining Department’s SME Club Lucas McQuinn, Victoria Carlyle, Arthur Kukowski, Jess Scanlan, Thomas Camm
MATERIALS SCIENCE PhD153 Electrical Characterization of Novel Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cell Material John P. Murphy
METALLURGICAL & MATERIALS ENGINEERING154 Fundamental Adsorption Studies of Rare Earth Elements with Novel Collectors: Computer Modeling and Laboratory Investigations Marc Freddy Sime
155 Surface Sulfonation of Electrospun Polystyrene Fibers Molly Brockway
156 Synthesis and Characterization of the Hydroxamic Acid N, 3-dihydroxy-2-naphthamide and Its Copper (II) Complex - An Investigation on Keto/Enol Forms Ben Suslavich
157 Zeta Potential and Froth Flotation Performance of Novel Collectors for Rare Earth Minerals Aleesha Marie Aasved
158 Residence Time Distribution and Optimization of Separation Performance of a Crossflow Separator John Hansen-Carlson
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING159 Show Robbie 2 Jesse Lieberg, Logan Warner
GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING 160 Supergene Mineralization of the Continental Pit, Butte, Montana Kyle Eastman
161 Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of the Black Lion Conglomerate, East Pioneer Mountains, Beaverhead County, Southwest Montana Vincent Spinazola
162 Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Apex Deposit, Golden Sunlight Mine, Montana Hamadou Gnanou
163 Reduction of Arsenite and Sulfate by Elemental Copper, Nickel and Cobalt: Implications to the Formation of Arsenide Minerals in Low Temperature Hydrothermal Deposits Nicholas Allin
164 Characterization of the Peak Strength of Rough Rock Joints using Limited Displacement Multi-Stage Direct Shear Tests (Anders Alternative) Brent Sordo, Michael Petro
165 Benefits of using Photogrammetry for Characterizing Underground Conditions Elizabeth Russell
166 Investigation of Correlation between Ultrasonic Wave Velocity and Unconfined Compressive Strength of Coarse-Grained Igneous Rocks Maranda Ratcliff, Liana Galayda, Alexandra Corlett, Brent Sordo
167 Performance of Fiber Optic Sensing Technologies for Distributed Monitoring of Ground Deformation and Temperature in an Underground Facility Calvin Kammerer
DRAFTING TECHNOLOGY168 Innovations in 3D Scanning Jeremy Hankel
169 Opposed Piston Engine Neil Johnson
170 TanDEM-X Matt Hutson
SOCIAL JUSTICE 171 Qualitative Approach with Discovery about Academic Motivation in Single-parent Students Ravyn Scott
SOCIOLOGY/ PSYCHOLOGY 172 Psychological and Sociological Predictors for Healthy Cell Phone Use among College Students Virginia Wait, Robert Shelton
SOCIOLOGY 173 Prosocial Behavior and Empathy among College Students Robert Shelton
174 Social Groups, Social Polarization, and Social Bias among College Students Tristan Aguilar
GERONTOLOGY 175 Elders and Undergraduate Researchers Journal with Words and Art Aaron Bowers, Robert Shelton, Haley Thompson, Jason Cross, Chantell Azure 176 Qualitative Analysis: Seniors Share Technology Preferences and Interest to Learn Kristine Jordan, Ravyn Scott, Shelley Booth, Joshua Ericson, Mary Catherine Hamm, Brian Strutzel
CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY177 Preconstruction: Design-Build Vehicle Maintenance Facility Kelsey Lee GEOCHEMISTRY/CHEMISTRY 178 Utilizing Azides and Alkynes to Treat Parkinson’s Disease by Inhibiting the Formation of Lewy Bodies Baili Connors
179 Naturally Occurring Acid Rock Drainage in Southwest Montana Margaret Doolittle
180 Gleobacter Cyanobacteria Cynthia Cree
181 Water Chemistry of a Hot Spring Outflow Abundant in Microbial Mats Jordan Foster
182 Mudpots - A Water-Rock Story Georgia Dahlquist
183 Laboratory Exploring Geobiochemical Engineering and Natural Dynamics Shanna Law, Cynthia Cree, Mallory Nelson, Renee Schmidt, James Foltz, Jordan Foster, Georgia Dahlquist
184 Microbial Effects on Hydrothermal Water Chemistry, Rabbit Creek, Yellowstone National Park Shanna Law
185 Geochemical Inhibitors of Photosynthesis: A Case Study of Figure 8 Spring Mallory Nelson
186 Dual Stage Sulfate Reducing Bioreactors James Foltz
187 Water-Rock Microbial Interactions in Flooded Underground Mines, Butte, MT, USA Renee Schmidt
188 Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Ruthenium and Anticancer Complexes Kelsey Brown
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 189 Raspberry Pi HMI and Control System for anA Electromagnetic Water Filter Thad Haines, Frank Joyce
190 PMU Testing and Characterization Joel Perigo
191 S.C.A.D.A. using PI Xanthius Christenson
192 Oscillations Ruichao Xie
193 Sure Shot Jessica Boatwright, Cole Noctor, Greg Noctor 194 Touchless Thermal Respiratory Monitor Jonathan Schulz
195 Educational LED Board Ashtyn Aumueller, Tyana Rasmusan, Nathan Ericksen
196 Rural Broadband Mobile Communications: Spectrum Occupancy and Propagation Models in Western Montana Erin Wiles
197 Feasibility Study of Long-range Wi-Fi for Low Density Regions on the VHF Band Abhimanyu Nath
198 VFD Motor Control Clayton Eskridge, Mitchell Postlethwaite
199 Development of Autonomous Water Sampler for Hazardous Environments (located in lobby) Abdullah Alangari, Tyler Fricks, Patrick Cote, Clyde Ellertson
200 Validation of Saturation Tolerant Data Processing Algorithm for the Impedance Measurement Box Boston Ranney
GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING 201 Sinkhole Characterization Ngoc Ha
202 Comparing Disturbed Acoustic Sensing to 3-Component Geophones Nik Nesladek
203 Bedrock Setting and Hydrogeological Properties of the Lower Reaches of Lolo Creek, Montana, using Near-surface Geophysics Akpofure Orubu
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 204 Iron-Dropped Apatite Nanoparticles Delivered via Electrospun Fiber Mesh for Maximized Bacterial Killing by Bacteriophage Jessica Gregory
LIBERAL STUDIES 205 Portrayal of Gender in 2015 Gaming Lucas Stout, Melanie Wendt
GENERAL ENGINEERING206 Coaxial Melt Electrospinning Nathan Sutton
BUSINESS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY207 The Impact of Enterprise Systems on Mergers and Acquisitions in the Oil and Gas Industry Erik Mason, Ashley Thompson, Chen Yang
PETROLEUM ENGINEERING208 Future Development of the Eagle Ford Shale Play within Lavaca County, Texas Kyle Shepherd, Pierce Pendleton, Lee Fleming, Mackenzie McGrath, Adam Pederson
209 Treating Produced Water Breque Shepard
210 Understanding Devils Basin Production Variability Alex Koerner
211 Stark Energy Eagle Ford Project Caitlin Heryford, Chris Longly, Jordan Buhl, Usama Maulvi, Nicholas Olson
212 Developing the Eagle Ford in Lavaca County, Texas David Beck, Josh Smart, Sheldon Ridenhower, Matt Stafford, Emerson Engstrom, Matt Girard
213 Applying Vibration to Short-term Fracture Conductivity Testing Blake Ereaux
214 Eagle Ford in Lavaca County Kevin Ockler, Kirbie Wages, Jed Smith, James Joyce, Robbie Harshman
215 Strategic Development of Lavaca County, Texas Rachael Wilford, Niel Humphreys, Drake House, Cole Carpenter, Ryan Parson
216 Wells Gone Wild: A New Perspective of the Eagle Ford Joseph Krupa, Matthew Malin, Kaleb Roy, Sarah Hambridge, Tom Ferriter
217 Eagleford Field Development Ryan Ahlstrom, Mitchell Washington, Dion Webster, Durian Eves, Teresa Gregori, Ahmed Abdullah
218 Petroleum Senior Design Kevin Basnaw, Ryan Basnaw, Cory Shroyer, Dylan Porter, Garret Ventres
219 Development of Eagle Ford by Five Amigo Oil & Gas Beau Pearson, Skyler Kansala, Kolby Kansala, Bradd Utt, Siwen Liu
220 Radial Flow in Petroleum Engineering Jacob Hobbes
221 Reservoir Modeling of Wall Creek Member of Frontier Formation, Powder River Basin, Wyoming Tuan Tran Le
222 Hydraulic Fracture Modeling Ben Doleshal
223 The Effect of Mineral Composition on Shale Oil Recovery Andrew Fakhry
The Montana Tech National Student Awards Committee offers congratulations to
Montana Tech Student National Award Recipients:
Montana Tech Goldwater Award recipients include: Molly Brockway (2016)
Macy Ricketts (2015, Honorable Mention), Ryan Hensleigh (2014, Honorable Mention), Jordan Leone (2014, Honorable Mention),
Joe Mitzel (2013), Robert Hark (2012), Chris Dienes (2007), Calley Jones (2000), and Ariane Erickson (2011, Honorable Mention)
Rhodes Scholarship finalists:
Casey Clark (2011) and Jack Stratton (2009)
Microsoft Scholarship: Hathem Memmi (2014)
NAIA Dr. Leroy Walker Champions of Character Award:
Katheryn Tabaracci (2015) Joe Mitzel (2013) and Ivan Sljivar (2011)
National Health Service Corps and Paul Ambrose Scholar:
Cory Sonneman (2013)
14th Annual Montana Athletes in Service Award:Katheryn Tabaracci (2014)